> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 15 08:05:14 2002 > From: "Aronsson, Erik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: lpq changin timeouts on "cannot open connection" > Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:06:20 +0200 > > Hi > I use LPRng (LPRng-3.8.10, Kerberos5, Copyright 1988-2002 Patrick = > Powell, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > on redhat 7.2. I have 56 network printers in my printcap. > When I do a lpq -a the output hangs on every printer that is not = > responding > at the moment. > Some of our network printservers have a tendency to stop answering to > anyting when they have recieved a print job and is processing it. This > causes long hangs when I list whth lpq. > I think this hanings reproduces itself thru samba to our windows = > workstation > (mostly w2k pro) > and makes them hang saying "opening" in the status row. > This hang reproduices it self into the program in windows making word = > and > excel freeze when the print button is pressed. > > Is there a timeout that I can change to stop the hangs. > Or do you have any other suggestions? > > Best Regards. > Erik > > -- > Erik Aronsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > System Administrator > Intermec Printer AB, M=F6lndal, Sweden
Yes, there is an option EXACTLY to handle this. You want to set :remote_support=R This will prevent LPD from getting status from the printer. Most of the time you really do not care what the printer thinks its status is... Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
